EFFECTS OF HEN AGE, STORAGE PERIOD AND STRETCH FILM PACKAGING ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL QUALITY TRAITS OF TABLE EGGS
Keywords:
table egg, hen age, storage time, stretch film, qualityAbstract
The effects of hen age, storage time and packaging with stretch film applications to
the internal and external egg quality of table eggs were investigated. A total of 1680
table eggs were used and collected with two commercial layer stocks (Lohmann
White ) 28 and 80 weeks old age. A half of the table eggs packaged with stretch film
and all eggs were stored 0, 15, 30 and 45 days at 22 ºC ve 45 % RH . Egg weight,
shape index, albumen index, fracture strength, albumen index, yolk index Hauhg
unit, yolk color, shell weight, shell thickness, shell weight per unit surface of shell
and shell density were examined in the study. Egg weight, egg weight loss, shell
weight, albumen index, yolk index, Haugh unit, shape index, shell strength, shell
thickness, shell density values were found as higher in the young hen flocks’ eggs.
Egg weight loss, shell strength, shell thickness, egg weight, shell density increased
and egg weight, albumen index, yolk index and Haugh Units and shell weigh
decreased as storage time increased. Packaging eggs with stretch film reduced the
internal quality losses resulted from prolonged storage.
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